Yeheni language

Yeheni
Yeheni
Pingdi Yao
Region	southern Hunan
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese (unclassified) Yeheni; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Yeheni (爷贺尼; Pingdi Yao 平地瑶) is an unclassified Sinitic language spoken by the Yao people in Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan.^[1] It is spoken in Taoxu Town (涛圩镇) and Helukou Town (河路口镇) in Jianghua County, Hunan.

Vocabulary

The following word list of Yeheni is from Li (2011:325–326).^[2]

Chinese gloss	English gloss	Yeheni 爷贺尼	Page
猪	pig	li⁵³	325
拦	to block	li²²	325
干	dry	lie²⁴	325
懒	lazy	li³²	325
弯	crooked, bent	li⁴⁴	325
绿	green	li³⁵	325
子	child	li³³	325
桃子	peach	laə²²li³³	325
绳子	rope	saə²²li³³	325
第三人称	3rd person personal pronoun	ka²²	325
第三人称	3rd person personal pronoun	ku⁴⁴	325
第三人称	3rd person personal pronoun	laə³³	325
聋子	deaf person	loŋ²²li³³ka⁴⁴	325
缺鼻	person with no nose	kʰua⁴⁴pei²⁴laə²²	325
第一	first	tai⁴⁴ji⁴⁴	325
第二	second	tai⁴⁴nai³⁵	325
父亲	father	ta³⁵ta³⁵	326
哥哥	elder brother	kə⁵³kə⁵³	326
妹妹	younger sister	mai²²mai³⁵	326
姐姐	elder sister	tsai³²tsai²⁴	326
五头牛	five cows	ŋoa²²lau²²ŋau²²	326
一个碗	one bowl	ji⁴⁴tʂo⁴⁴aŋ²⁴	326
一双筷	one pair of chopsticks	ji⁴⁴saŋ⁵³ti²⁴	326
一群牛	one herd of cattle	a²⁴tʂaə²²ŋau²²	326
红布	red cloth	ʂo⁴⁴poa³³	326
热水	hot water	nai³⁵su²⁴	326
公牛	bull (male)	ŋau²²koa⁵³	326
母牛	cow (female)	ŋau²²m̩⁵³	326

References

^ Jianghua County Gazetteer
^ Li, Zirong 李志荣, ed. (2011). Húnán Yáozú 湖南瑶族 [Yao People in Hunan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7.

[1] Jianghua County Gazetteer

[2] Li, Zirong 李志荣, ed. (2011). Húnán Yáozú 湖南瑶族 [Yao People in Hunan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-105-11699-7.

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